Alert archive / Georgia / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 452, NWS Atlanta, GA
NWS Atlanta, GA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Dec 28, 2007, 6:06 AM EST for Heard County, Georgia. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Dec 28, 2007, 6:06 AM EST (11:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Dec 28, 2007, 6:30 AM EST
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Atlanta, GA
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Heard County, GA
The radar
The Atlanta radar (KFFC), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 6:20 AM EST | HAIL 0.88 | Franklin, GA |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Peachtre/Fal Fld, GA (KFFC), launched 00:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 61 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 507 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 210 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WUUS52 KFFC 281106
SVRFFC
GAC149-281130-
/O.NEW.KFFC.SV.W.0452.071228T1106Z-071228T1130Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
606 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PEACHTREE CITY HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
HEARD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL GEORGIA
* UNTIL 630 AM EST
* AT 606 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR GLENN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
FRANKLIN.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3321 8526 3340 8502 3323 8494 3318 8509
3319 8510 3319 8511 3317 8512 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1106Z 236DEG 34KT 3319 8520
$$2 follow-up statements
000
WWUS52 KFFC 281118
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
617 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007
GAC149-281130-
/O.CON.KFFC.SV.W.0452.000000T0000Z-071228T1130Z/
HEARD GA-
617 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 AM EST
FOR HEARD COUNTY...
AT 617 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZED HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS UP TO 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
FRANKLIN...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO
COOKSVILLE AND CORINTH.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3321 8526 3340 8502 3323 8494 3318 8509
3319 8510 3319 8511 3317 8512 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 236DEG 34KT 3325 8510
$$000
WWUS52 KFFC 281131
SVSFFC
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PEACHTREE CITY GA
630 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007
GAC149-281140-
/O.EXP.KFFC.SV.W.0452.000000T0000Z-071228T1130Z/
HEARD GA-
630 AM EST FRI DEC 28 2007
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR HEARD COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE AT 630 AM EST...
AT 630 AM EST...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL HEARD COUNTY...BUT THE
STORM HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THE STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
COOKSVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. A WEAKENING TREND IS
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE.
IF YOU SEE WIND DAMAGE...LARGE HAIL OR SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...WAIT
UNTIL AFTER THE STORM HAS PASSED...AND THEN CALL THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE TOLL FREE AT 1 8 6 6 7 6 3 4 4 6 6.
LAT...LON 3321 8526 3340 8502 3323 8494 3318 8509
3319 8510 3319 8511 3317 8512 3313 8524
TIME...MOT...LOC 1130Z 236DEG 34KT 3332 8498
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Atlanta, GA issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2:31 PM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | FFC | Banks, Barrow, Cherokee, Dawson, Fannin, Forsyth and 9 more | 3 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.